PTSD Archives

On treatment with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in public transportation workers – A randomized controlled trial (Nordic Journal of Psychiatry)

This study aimed to determine the short-term efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in occupation-based PTSD.

Study to describe interventions for women with pre-eclampsia, such as psycho-education, supportive techniques, autonomy techniques, and EMDR.

Report by the Institute of Medicine concluded that the evidence was inadequate to determine the efficacy of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD.

This report reviews and critiques the psychotherapy literature for the treatment of PTSD and systematically presents data.

The body of literature on the effects of bilateral saccadic eye movements, patterned after those employed in EMDR, on memory is reviewed.

Study investigating whether psychophysiological changes during EMDR is related to subjective and objective reduction of PTSD symptoms.

A single abridged EMDR session was provided in a hospital inpatient/outpatient setting to patients suffering after terrorist bombing attacks.

After the 2004 tsunami devastation in Sri Lanka, many citizens experienced severe psychological reactions and were treated with EMDR.

Research indicates that EMDR is effective for treatment of PTSD. The case of a tsunami survivor with acute PTSD is presented.

Subjects with chronic PTSD following occupational health hazards (train accidents or assault at work) were treated with 5 sessions of EMDR.

Study to to explore the possibility of using EMDR to treat women who have experienced post-traumatic stress after childbirth.

The aim of the present study was to determine if psychophysiological responses to stress decreased after a single EMDR session.